Installing nodeJS

Question

I install nodeJS like here shown: http://nodeguide.com/beginner.html

I have done these steps: wget http://nodejs.org/dist/node-v0.4.4.tar.gz and tar -xzf node-v0.4.4.tar.gz

But when I try this: cd node-v0.4.4.tar.gz it gives me an error: sh: line 0: cd: node-v0.4.4.tar.gz: Not a directory

And when I try this: ./configure it gives me sh: ./configure: No such file or directory

And finally when I try sudo make install it says sudo: sorry, you must have a tty to run sudo

Thank you very much

Answer 1

You may need to unzip the file before untarring it.

gzip -d node-v0.4.4.tar.gz
tar -xvf node-v0.4.4.tar
cd node-v0.4.4
./configure

Answer 2

cd node-v0.4.4.tar.gz

node-v0.4.4.tar.gz is a file, not a directory that you can go into. Running

tar -xzf node-v0.4.4.tar.gz

should uncompress the tar.gz into a directory with a similar name.

Answer 3

I highly recommend using nvm: https://github.com/creationix/nvm

nvm lets you install multiple versions of node and switch between them. It is as simple as this:

git clone git://github.com/creationix/nvm.git ~/.nvm
. ~/.nvm/nvm.sh
nvm install v0.4.7
nvm use v0.4.7

don't forget to add ~/.nvm/nvm.sh to your path so that you can use it in later sessions.

Answer 4

There is more simpler way:

$ sudo pip install nodeenv

# install latest node.js in sandbox
$ nodeenv test-node-env

# activate sandbox environment
$ source ./test-node-env/bin/activate

# work in sandbox
(test-node-env) $ node -v
v0.4.6

nodeenv - virtual environment for node.js